Re: Letter from fire chief: Mr. Fulop, you haven't a clue
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What is surprising is, we are arguing to STOP the fire; not looking at Science & technology, to prevent FIRE from starting or delaying the fire spread; there are interesting materials that science can offer; the city should have a plan to encourage tax payers by giving them tax credits to build fire-safe buildings not just fire alarms and sprinklers; they must know what triggers fire (most of the cases, electricity, I guess); any safety built around the triggering components should be able to contain based on sensor technology; all these initiatives will not eliminate the fire department but still we can optimize the size considerably. I understand 'force majeure' and other man made disaster events, we can have funds for it or even some kind of insurance to look into it; this kind of transition will be a long way to go, but we need to start now...
There are options like how we buy AAA Emergency Road Service for cars; building Owners should be able to purchase it directly "Fire Emergency Service". If they don't have one, let the building owners who call for help pay for it; The city should NOT be in this business at all. The city should rather govern & monitor them by legislation not in the business of managing or running the fire houses! They already have separate entities like JCIA, Water & Sewer, JCBOE etc., why not FIRE Dept; make them accountable for income & expense. When the consumer has the FEAR, that FIRE will cost him a lot, he will be more careful than when it is FREE !!!
Posted on: 2010/6/4 16:23
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**REVALUATION JUSTIFIED ** Letter: No hysterics on revaluation
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Letter: No hysterics on revaluation
By The Jersey Journal May 27, 2010, 5:05AM Journal file photo Jersey City Councilman William Gaughan Recently, realtor Jeff Kaplowitz launched an ill-informed attack on me in these pages regarding the proposed property revaluation in Jersey City. His facts are wrong and thus unsurprisingly, so are his conclusions. He demands that Hudson County order all municipalities conduct property revaluations at the same time as Jersey City. This, he insists, will reduce the amount Jersey City contributes to the county tax levy. That is nonsense. By law, the state of New Jersey evaluates property annually in all 566 municipalities using market data. It then provides counties with the current market value of properties so counties can calculate their assessments. Assessed value (what is set by a municipal property valuation) is NOT the basis for this calculation, "equalized" or market value is how county taxes are assessed. The state collects market data and "equalizes" the value of properties in each municipality for each county. So what Mr. Kaplowitz proposes is already done, every year, and his use of this as a reason against a revaluation of property is painfully misinformed. As someone who got into politics because I was furious over how the last property revaluation was botched nearly a quarter-century ago, the last thing I want is to put our city through a frivolous, unnecessary revaluation. So why a revaluation now? The answer is that Jersey City has a number of tax-abated waterfront properties that will become eligible for regular taxation over the next few years as their PILOTs (Payments In Lieu of Taxes) sunset. Without a revaluation, we will not be able to tax these relatively new, multimillion-dollar buildings at 100 percent of their value, but at 25 percent -- our current tax valuation ratio. This will cost the city huge amounts of revenue and unfairly burden smaller property owners. We can go on as we are and lose huge amounts of potential revenue over the next decade as PILOT payments from tax-abated properties cease and these large, modern office buildings and residential complexes built in the late 1980s and early 1990s come on the tax rolls at a quarter of their true market value. Or we can attempt to carry out a fair, professional and well-executed revaluation that will capture that revenue. The responsible choice should be clear -- if we can get our property owners to understand it over the din of those seeking to create hysteria in the name of political gain on this issue. COUNCILMAN BILL GAUGHAN WARD D JERSEY CITY
Posted on: 2010/5/27 19:12
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Re: Jersey City promoting five firefighters to battalion chief
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I was there yesterday in the council meeting; it was a DRAMA hosted by interested parties; we need facts like who are these five FIRE Department people who got promoted? How is it nepotism or croynism? we need to find the links.. I dint see this kind of discussion, rather all I heard was, ?you and I know it is going to hurt the city in a long run?? blah blah?. There is a strong argument presented, it saves city $30k per month in over time; these promoted people are not getting salary increase till June 2011!!! Assuming these arguments are correct, the discussion must have been challenging these facts; We, the public, dont have data to challenge. We need numbers to refute these or accept these based on NUMBERs. I believe, we have enough expertise, howcome people are not coming forward with FACTS to the council? Dont they care ? rather, all we see is drama, which is not going to help the City!!!
Posted on: 2010/5/27 17:44
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Did the Administration ALREADY ABOLISH Humane Rights commission in Jersey City?
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I did a Google search for, Jersey City Human Rights Commission, I got a phone number, (201) 547 2811; I called the number, some one answered as, Economic Development Opportunity. . I asked for Human Rights Commission, the person told me to call on Tuesday after 9am at a different number... (201) 547 5081... I searched the city website, I found "didnt match any documents".. .
http://www.google. com/search? rlz=1C1CHND_ enUS325US325&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=jersey+city+ human+rights+ commission City of Jersey City: Human Rights Commission www.cityofjerseycity.com 121 Newark Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07302-2811 (201) 547-5611 Then I searched the CIty website: http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/search.aspx?text= human%20rights Your search for human rights commission - did not match any documents. Suggestions: Make sure all words are spelled correctly. Try different keywords. Try more general keywords. We need Human Rights Commission in Jersey City !!!!
Posted on: 2010/5/27 17:42
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